I’d like to briefly address an argument I’ve been hearing against the protest of last week’s Milo Yiannopoulos lecture — an argument that centers chiefly on the conduct, tactics and motivation of the protesters, seeking to paint them as hysterical, rash, disrespectful and censorious.

On Thursday, Sept. 24, the Rutgers University Student Assembly voted down a bill that would have created a permanent standing committee to address the issues of campus sexual assault, prevention and policy.